On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:59:34 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:04:00 +1200 > > Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I've recently become aware that most FLOSS office suites don't in fact > >> have MS > >> Works file format coverage, any more than MS Office does. > >> > >> I'm considering doing something about it - MS Works was the low-end office > >> suite before OpenOffice.org became popular; as far as Microsoft is > >> concerned, > >> MS Works is dead, for all intents and purposes, and if you don't believe > >> me, > >> ask Monty Python. > >> > >> Which means that most MS Works SOHO users are left out in the cold. I've > >> got > >> a fair amount of stuff that I can get into MS Works, and get out in MS > >> Works > >> file format; I've got the time, and I've got the inclination. I've even > >> got > >> Pat Villani's Win32 API book, which has taught me more about > >> reverse-engineering than I previously knew. > >> > >> Does anyone have superannuated MS Works cds I can have (at whatever > >> rock-bottom, never-before-repeated and never-to-be-repeated prices! ;) ? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Wesley Parish > >> > > > > Actually Office 97 does have works import filters, they just aren't > > installed by default. > > > > Not sure about later versions of Office. > > > not installed or even on the CDs afaik - import filters for later > versions of office are available for download though from the m$ site, > if that helps you Wesley. > > and I believe I have an old works cd - but it is not one of the most > recent versions. is that any help? or are you really wanting only the > latest version? The latest versions have word rather than the works wordprocessor anyway. . > > Roger > [sorry for mentioning so much of the "other side", but to my mind it is > relevant info for what Wesley wants to achieve] > > me too actually i think I scored an msworks cd once from trademe (not for myself you understand)
